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(Original members of the Night Stalkers refer to it as "the day the Eagles came off". [citation needed]) Originally created as Task Force 160 when the 101st Airborne Division was commanded by Jack V. Mackmull from June 1980 to August 1981. When the command was formally organized as a regiment, Mackmull was chosen to serve as its honorary colonel.
Soliders from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiments, known as the Night Stalkers, were killed in a training exercise. Here's what we know about the group. ... Soliders from the 160th ...
Dubbed Task Force 160, the new unit was quickly recognized as the Army's premier night fighting aviation force, and its only Special Operations Aviation force. As pilots completed training in the fall of 1980, a second hostage rescue attempt, code-named Operation Honey Badger, was planned for early 1981.
[citation needed] The task force was also responsible for the tracking and eventual elimination (by F-16 launched ordnance) of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Over 18 months beginning in early 2007, the task force reportedly arrested 3,500 terrorists in Baghdad and killed several hundred others.
The Night Stalkers, originally created as Task Force 160, pioneered the Army's first nighttime flying techniques and "its capability to strike undetected during the hours of darkness and its ...
Michael John Durant [1] (born July 23, 1961) is an American veteran, former pilot, businessman, author, and political candidate. He was involved in the "Black Hawk Down" incident while serving as a U.S. Army pilot, [2] and ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for the 2022 United States Senate election in Alabama.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff launched a search for helicopter pilots who could fly at night from navy ships, then set out to train them for the special requirements of the job. Helicopters from the army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) reached the navy's command ship La Salle in the Persian Gulf on 5 August 1987.
In addition to the arrests, "Operation Buyer’s Remorse" identified more than 100 human trafficking survivors who are now being connected to services.